Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-30
-Correspondenee of the MINER
THE LAND OF THE ORANGE.
Wayside Notes Of q Butte Traveller in
California-lOs Angeles, San
Diego. Etc.

Los ANGELES. CAL, March 2O.-Thinkin,
that perhaps some notes of the general ap
pearance of this part OF California might
| be OF interest to The MINERS readers,
will give you some of my impressions
Soon after arriving in San Francisco, it be
came necessary for me to make q trip tc
Los Angeles. 1 embarked on the fine
steamer Santa Rosa for San Pedro, the
landing for Los Angeles, some twenty miles
south, but connected by a branch of the
Southern Pacific running through the Los
Angeles Valley to the city OF the Angels,
For the last half of the distance it runs
through the orange groves OF which we heal
so much and see so much of the juicy gold
en- fruit grown here. Los Angeles at the
present time claims population OF 10000
but as 2 10000 or rs, 900 OF then are East:
ern tourists there are only about 10000
permanent residents. The boom that is
now in progress in all of Southern Califor.
mia has evidently spent most of its force in
and around this city. But there is not a
doubt in my mind that il every fifth man
on the whole earth were to collect his
means together and declare his purpose to
buy aSsmall lot on which to build a house
where he could sit under his own vine and
fig tree, or orange if preferred, with
LARGE HUN OF CLIMATE
thrown in, that at least eleven real estate
men would bob up serenely and each would
have the best and most desirable spot and
the largest chunk of Innate to give him at
prices ranging from $40 to $1,000, per
front foot accOrdingt to location. In TACT to q
disinterested looks as ifthe most
prolific thing that grows down here is cor
ner lots and real estate agents. There are
very many acknowledgements being
placed here. There are now three cable
roads operated, two steam motors similar
to those in use on the Market street roads
in San Francisco and one electric road.
The latter is considerable OF a
curiosity. and everybody who visits
Los Angeles certainly goes out to Fico
street and takes q ride on the electric rail-
way.
During my stay another real estate
scheme, the Coronads Beach Co., of San
Diego, offered us the opportunity of visit
ing San Diego at a nominal expense by one
of their excursions, $5.25 for the yound
trip. The same thing is beirg enacted here
that is going on at Los Angeles. The San
Diegans have the natural advantages OF
their harbor, the next best to that OF SAP
Francisco on the Coast, being entirely land
locked, and their beautiful beach as a
bathing place is surely unexcelled in any
country. The company are sparing no ex-
pense in making the. surroundings attrac-
tive. They are now bulldog
A LARGE HOTEL,
to have a frontage Of 600 feet on the
beach, with all the modern improvements.
San Diego will nave a connection with the
Southern Pacific system this coming sum
mer, giving them two transcontinental
companies. These are advantages not to
be overlooked, and there ia no doubt in
the world-in fact it is estab-
lished by the records-that there
is less variance in temperature here
than in any of these specially favored
points in Southern California. Then, again,
back from the sea coast they have ElCajon
Valley and the Sweetwater Valley. where
oranges and raisin grapes are grownin pro-
fusion, and in their toughest mountains
they have their honey interests. San Diego
is the largest shipper Of honey by farof any
point on the coast. The highest mean
temperature for daylight in a record OF ten
years was 100 and the lowest mean temper
$50. This makes it an unusually fine
climate for invalids and will become great
resort for that class.
After a stay of two days here l retraced
my journey to Riverside. or course every
body far and zeal connects Riverside with
fine oranges, for they are shipped in album
dance to our Montana markets. Riverside
is inland about sixty miles and is about
two miles south Of the Santa Ana River:
and at this season, to a man just in from
the frost and snow of Montana, to take a
drive down their principal avenue (and by
the way they dote on their magnolia
%avenue) awakes visions OF the Garden OF
Eden. Fortunately for me
ibid NOT HAvE AN EVE
along to pluck an orange for me, but II
got there just the same" When you buy
oranges, take my advice and insist on nav.
ing San Bernardino oranges and you will
have the best. At Cotton I met Mrs.
formerly Mrs. Soudan, at one time
q resident of Butte. Her charming daugh-
ter, Miss Ida, is also here, and says she
doesn't like California q bit, as she has
not had q tobeggan ride this winter. The
stood this evening nearly 100
degrees in the shade. How will that de-
for this time OF year? The hot weather
makes me long for one of those mountain
that sweep up Deer Lodge Valley
at times and are oh, so pleasant.
Yours, R. G..